good morning, america. breaking right now, deadly stores sweep across the south. at least nine tornadoes reported, one tearing through this town in louisiana at 100 miles an hour killing a mother and her daughter. and overnight a flooding emergency in mississippi forces rescues. now millions on alert as that devastating system moves east. breaking overnight, jared kushner in iraq. details of the secretive trip emerging this morning as president trump puts the art of the deal to the global test preparing for that critical first meeting with china's president and trying to strike a new tone here at home hitting the golf course to make a deal on health care. new video of that missing teen and teacher in disguise at a walmart just days after disappearing and police looking at this brand-new image overnight that may show the 15-year-old and the teacher accused of kidnapping her at a

mcdonald's in nebraska. ♪ and south carolina has won the national championship. >> and south carolina, the new queens of college basketball winning their first national title in school history. now all eyes are on the men as gonzaga plays for its first national championship and north carolina tries to rebound from last year heartbreaker. who will cut down the nets tonight? ♪ i close my eyes and good morning, america. happy monday. robin is on a little spring break. great to have amy in. >> thanks. >> she was at the women's final four making a surprise appearance in the locker room after that huge upset when they beat uconn who had not lost in 111 games straight. . >> looks like she wishes she had her bell.

>> mississippi state had a great run. >> so great robin was there. so incredible. we'll have much more on that just ahead. first we want to get to severe weather slamming the south overnight. there were rescues from that flash flooding in mississippi. up to inches fell in just a few hours. >> 19 million in the danger zone and abc's gio benitez on the ground inbo louisiana. a tornado hit there overnight. hey there, gio. >> reporter: that was an ef-1 that touched down here. you can see what it did to this mobile home here. a mother and child were inside. they lost their lives. you can see a tricycle right there. a baby stroller right in the back. these severe storms moving through the south causing so much pain. jeff night twisters like this one sweeping across the south. >> it is an extremely dangerous weather event. >> reporter: one tornado tearing through breaux bridge killing a

mother and daughter. >> you never know. >> holy crap. >> reporter: in lena, louisiana, this twister made travel impossible. about 0 miles north in alexandria, strong winds ripping apart this gas station. the storms also bringing pounding hail. and lightning strikes from texas to mississippi. one strike even sparking this oil tanker to tach on fire in shreveport, louisiana. water rescues became the only way out for many in vicksburg, mississippi. and the threat isn't over just yet. now in line of storms starts moving over to the east and so important to have a plan because just taking a look at this. it just happens in the blink of an eye, george. >> it sure does. rob marciano and our senior meteorologist, the latest on that track. >> gio mentioned that line moving east through eastern louisiana. flooding is the other issue. 5 to 10 inches across lafayette but the threat nowthderstorms a.

these two watch boxes in effect. if it's not a tornadoweather wa to 70-mile-an-hour winds as this bows out rolling later on today noses into georgia. that includes atlanta, strong wind, large hail and maybe a tornado or two and, yes, across the northeast this thing expand jersey and cold enough across northern n e we'll talk more about that in a few minutes. now to the latest on t the president's son-in-law and senior adviser jared kushner heading to iraq as president tr meeting with china's president this week. our senior wega has all of those details. good morning, cecilia. >> reporter: amy, good morning to you. a very president trump meeting with three global leaders this week starting today. egypt's president is here but the biggestis white house comes this week at mar-a-lago when president trump comes jinping. this morning, white house senio

iraq invited on the mission by the joint chiefs joseph dunford. the president's son-in-law's packed west win middle east pol. the trip comes as president trump's art of the deal week an every negotiating trick in the book when he comes with china's. their meeting later this week ae trump made china his recurring punching bag. >> we can't continue to china to rape our country and that's what they're doing. it's the greatest theft in the hist>> reporter: but this mornia new tone. president trump telling "the financial times" i have great respect forhim. i have great respect for china. i would not at all be surprised if we did something that would be very dramatic and good for both countries. but the president is also talking tough about leaning on

china to help rein in north korea's military threats saying if china is not going to solve north korea, we will. asked if he thinks he can do it without china's help he gave a one-word answer, totally. u.n. ambassador nikki haley agreeing with her boss on that front. >> at some point we need to see definitive actions by china condemning north yeah akorea an just calling them out for it. >> reporter: an investigation into another international adversary. >> i think russia was involved in the election. no question about it. we don't want any country involved in our elections ever so once that information comes out i expect that this will be handled accordingly. >> reporter: now, also in that financial times interview the president was asked whether he is proud of the abrasive language that he's used. he said he is and that a softer tone hasn't worked for any of his predecessors. he was also asked if he regrets any of his tweet, george, he said, i don't regret anything. >> the president not big on regret.

thanks very much. let's bring in martha raddatz. chief white house correspondent jon karl. let me begin with you, martha. the big news in that "financial times" interview the president rephonersing what rex tillerson said, putting the idea of unilateral action against north korea on the table. >> reporter: none of us knows what that means when he says totally. the u.s. could do it on its own but as you know, george, they have not ruled anything out in the trump administration including military action and the most talk about that is a possible preemptive strike. that has also not been ruled out. what that would mean is that we would try to take out any missile they are trying to launch in a testing stage or anything else. >> north korea clearly on the top of the agenda when china's president is here thursday and jared kushner has been a key intermediary with china now on his way to iraq. >> yeah, george, it's more obvious than ever how deeply jared kushner is involved in

every aspect of the trump white house including foreign policy. this visit came as we said at the invitation of the chairman of the joint chiefs of staff but clearly kushner wanted to see the situation on the ground himself and he will see that with chairman dunford. whether it's a tactical operation center or the battlefield itself, we don't know but this comes while the iraqis are making the final push into mosul with new and lower level authority to carry out air strikes there, right now the pentagon investigating air strikes that may have caused hundreds of civilian casualties. >> martha, thanks. back here at home, judge neal gorsuch up for supreme court right now. big showdown in the senate this week. you see him there, senate judiciary committee will vote today and, jon karl, it certainly appears that the president doesn't have enough votes right now to break a democratic filibuster. >> reporter: but, george, the republicans are saying come hell or high water they will get gorsuch confirmed even if it means changing the rules in the senate so they can confirm him with a simple majority vote.

right now there are three democrats who are on record saying that they will support gorsuch. that's not enough to get to 60 but if the republicans can change the rules, it's enough to get him confirmed. >> jon, the president had tough tweets about those freedom caucus conservatives in the house last week who weren't behind him on health care but yesterday out on the golf course trying to mend fences with senator rand paul. >> reporter: yeah, keep in mind, rand paul, there was no more consistent or harsh critic of the president's bill, the health care bill than rand paul. he was out there immediately hammering it. was consistently critical of it throughout the process. and he emerged from this round of golf saying he's optimistic that there can be republican agreement on health care. it's hard to see, george, exactly how that happens, but getting rand paul on board if he could get him on board with something would certainly be a big first step. >> that certainly would. jon karl, martha raddatz, thanks very much. now to the search for survivors after a devastating mudslide killed and injured

hundreds of people in colombia. abc's tom llamas has just landed there and joins us now from the airport with the very latest. good morning, tom. >> reporter: amy, good morning. there is a massive search and rescue operation right now in the southern part of this country. the images out of the town of mocoa are absolutely devastating. parts of this town wiped off the map completely. here's what happened essentially, three rivers in this valley town overflowed around the same time in the dead of night and a wall of mud, water and debris just came crashing down into the town. right now there are reports of more than 250 dead including some 60 children. and the search and rescue operation is massive. more than 1500 involved. t the colombian military, police and emergency official, also there's actually a wall in the town of all the dead and missing and the number grows by the hour. there's also a crisis under way because there is no power, no gasoline, and no water so all

search efforts have to halt as soon as the sun goes down. the president of colombia has already visited this area twice as the rescue operation is still very much under way. amy. >> our hearts go out to all of those people. >> just a horrible situation. yeah. we'll move on to the latest on that sexual assault live streamed on facebook. 14-year-old chicago boy is due in court to face charges for assaulting a 15-year-old girl and police now say that more arrests are coming. abc's linsey davis with the details. >> reporter: police say at least 40 people watched the video and did nothing at all to stop it. an alleged gain rape of a 15-year-old chicago girl. one arrest was made and the police say we can expect several more. a 14-year-old is behind bars this morning for what police are calling a disturbing sexual assault streamed live on facebook and officials are on the hunt to make more arrests. investigators say as many as 40 people viewed the video but no

one called police. >> it just disgusts me that people would look at those videos and not pick up the phon. >> reporter: police say the 15-year-old victim was lured to a home by one of the suspectsly. >> it's disgusting. she was sor:he victim's mom was sent screen shots of the video and immediately took them to police who then worked with facebook and obtained social media search warrants to identify at least two of the possible six suspects. all teen boys and one of their adult relatives. >> the young man responsible, they humiliated themselves, humiliated their families and now they're going to be held accountable for what they did. >> reporter: this isn't the only time facebook live has been used to stream a crime. >> this [ bleep ] is hilarious. >> reporter: a group of teens were arrested after this kidnap and the 14-year-old currently behind bars in this incident faces charges for felonyaggrava

assault and manufacturing and dissemination of child pornography. >> this was a tortur a textual assault. it was a torture. >> facebook took the video down after police alerted them to th create a safe environment on facebook and will remove videos that depict sexual assault and . police are looking at whether the people who viewed the video but did nothing to stop it could be held accountable. you were talking about 40 people watching it and somebody would have said, boy, this is not right and called the police. >> thank you. now to that tragedy at a hotel pool over the weekend. one teen died. several others hospitalized after being poisoned by carbon monoxide and alex perez has that story. >> reporter: this morning, investigators are looking into what fatal carbon monoxide leak at the pool at this quality inn & suites in tha

deadly scene. >> the children were swimming a window and saw them lying unconscious on the deck of the indoor pool. >> the kids were surrounded. throwing up. >> all i remember is me just passing out and hitting my he. the lethal carbon monoxide fumes were released from the broken pool heater. with the carbon monoxide reading of 800 parts per million that's more than 16 times higher than the federal safety level of 50 parts per >> that's an extreme danger level. 800. you haveor ter: six children between 12 and 14 were rushed to local hospitals. one boy brianou. family and friends releasing balloons in his memory over the weekend. the hotel chain telling abc news, our thoughts are with the families who were affected adding as the investigation

continues, their highest priority is always the seattle and well-being of our guests. and authorities here have not yet determined when the hotel six of the people who survived ed.s ordeal have been treated at they're now back home with their families. amy. >> all right, ail soaked insoline. video showing him jumping into this woman's suv while she was filling up and she sprayed h tr. he drives away briefly dragging him. thankfully she was not seriously injured. police later recovered her suv but ttn the run. we hope they catch him soon. >> wow. don't know if she was supposed to handle it that way. >> maybe instinct kicked in. i don't know. >> good thing she a cigarette. we're going to turn now to history on the basketball court. south carolina taking home its

first ncaa women's championship beating mississippi state in a great game and t.j. holmes deta. he will join us from phoenix, arizona. good morning, t.j. >> good morning, it all comes down to this for the men's side and the heels. now, they were here just last but if they're looking for any inspiration for their first than the women of south carolina.un right back up. wow!e years women's college basketball has a national championsh connecticut. >> and south carolina has won the nationalchampionship. >> reporter: south carolina defeated mississippi state 67-55 to earn the first title in gamecocks' school history in this team has played with so much heart. huge goal of ours, amazing

feeling. >> reporter: it was scrappy mississippi state that pulled off the impossible. >> william on the drive, pull-up, pull-up. score. she got it. she got it. >> reporter: slaying the undefeated mighty uconn huskies and ending their 111-game win streak. after that game mississippi state was greeted in the locker room by one of their biggest fans. >> thank you for elevating women's basketball the way you have. >> thank you. >> reporter: while the south carolina women are celebrating this morning, the south carolina men had to pack their bags early going on a 16-0 run but gonzaga held on for the win. after the game a standing ovation for departing south carolina. and the other final four game all eyes were on oregon forward jordan bell. he missed a couple of key rebounds during the final stretch against north carolina. >> second one, no. andmeeks, carolina saves it. >> reporter: the tar heels pulled out a one-point win. after the game bell tweeted i am so sorry.

>> i had two opportunities to do it. i missed both of them. lost the game because of it. >> reporter: all right. guy, well, of course, jordan bell, their heart goes out to him but a lot is on the line for these guys. now, the game is coming up this evening. we have a preview. gonzaga can get their first ever championship and, again, stra, the heels, 20 final four appearances, they're used to being here. they do it all the time. >> they need to get a little more excited when you were wondering if they were win. they were a little docile. >> they're getting excited now. >> well, look, man, it's 4:00 in the morning in phoenix. give them a break. >> it's a good point, t.j. we'll cut you some slack on that one. going now to rob marciano. there is heavy rain coming to the northeast tonight. >> opening season for major

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they are expected to discuss trade. trade and north korea. a lot coming up there. now the latest on that teacher who ran away with a former student. a photo was released overnight in nebraska. eva pilgrim has details. >> reporter: today marks three weeks since these two disappeared. for much of that time nothing. not a clue but now at least one confirmed sighting giving her family some hope. this morning, nebraska police posting this surveillance cam photo of what they say could be tad cummins with 15-year-old elizabeth thomas at the mcdonald's this past sunday. while they haven't been able to possley identify them yet, this new video of the pair in oklahoma gives fresh clues in the three-week search for the tennessee teen and her alleged kidnapper. >> it was good to be able to see her face again. >> reporter: tad cummins and elizabeth thomas captured on security cameras at a walmart in oklahoma city two days after her disappearance. nearly 700 miles away from her

home in columbia, tennessee. the new pictures showing small changes to their appearance. thomas' hair darkened red and cummins' gray facial hair now brown. they bought food paying with cash and this morning authorities are still trying to determine if they were still traveling in cummins' silver suv. >> he was certainly putting a lot of planning into disappearing. he served what size mattress will fit in the back of a nissan rogue. can that particular model be traced via gps? >> reporter: the two disappearing after cummins was accused of having an inappropriate relationship with his teenage student allegedly writing intimate e-mails and even reportedly caught kissing thomas. >> he was trying to romantically persuade her to come to him. >> reporter: while authorities say they don't know where cummins was planning to go, they are now saying they do know that he packed warm weather clothes, shorts and t-shirts for this trip. >> please, if you have a sighting call 911 as soon as

possible. that's the only way we can move forward. >> reporter: this morning investigators say they have no idea where the two could be but these new images giving her family new hope. >> i feel at least hopeful that i've seen her, elizabeth, if you can hear me, please come back to us. >> reporter: now cummins' wife who had publicly pleaded for him to release elizabeth has now filed for divorce and the reward to find these two is now at $10,000. just a reminder how important these tips are this morning, george. >> thanks very much. more now from our special consultant and former fbi agent brad garrett. brad, thanks for joining us. let's start out with surveillance video that shows some interaction between them. what does it tell you? >> well, the one in the walmart store, watch. he's in front of her. it looks like it at times she's not looking very happy. he's not physically controlling her but it looks like to me he's continualing to psychologically control her. >> well, yeah, you would think that has to be the case given

how long they've been together at this point. and now the net is so wide. >> well, the net is wide, george, but if, in fact, this new sighting and i question whether that's accurate or not in kearney, nebraska, as to what direction they're going. one thing fugitives do, george, is they go directions where they have been. for example, does he have any history in the west? did he work thery does he have an ex-wife? does he have children? all of those things because we tend to go to places we have a history. >> what is it about the photo ma takes you question it. >> well, there's something different about the facial hair in the photograph in kearney, nebraska, so i would like to see a better photograph before i made a decision as to whether that's the two of them. >> okay, brad garrett, thanks very much. all right, coming up next here in just two minutes the new report that fox news anchor bill o'reilly secretly settled harassment claims with at least five women paying them millions

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now to that new report about alleged sexual harassment at fox news involving bill o'reilly. "the new york times" reporting several women received payouts totaling nearly $13 million and abc's mara schiavocampo is here with more on that. good morning, mara. >> reporter: amy, good morning. this is not the first time we've heard of o'reilly's involvement in sexual harassment cases. he publicly settled a 2004 lawsuit for $9 million. but now there are bombshell new revelations about other previously unreported payouts of millions of dollars in confidential settlements including one that even his bosses at fox reportedly didn't know about. this morning, new revelations about sexual harassment claims at fox news aimed at the network's biggest star. >> with our lead story -- >> reporter: "the new york times" finding fox news and bill o'reilly paid five women a total of almost $13 million in

settlements going back 15 years. >> not only were there accusations, but now we come to find out that there were actual payouts. >> reporter: in 2002 the report says fox first becoming aware of o'reilly's alleged inappropriate behavior reportedly settling with a producer claiming he berated her in the newsroom but not sexual assault her. then in 2004 without admitting any wrongdoing o'reilly reportedly paid producer andrea makris almost $9 million live the two publicly battled over her sexual harassment claims. >> welcome to happy hour. >> reporter: in 2011 fox business network host rebecca gomez diamond leaving the network after allegedly being paid by o'reilly in secret. the network reportedly not finding out until five years later and in 2016, fox's parent company allegedly settling with two correspondents claiming sexual harassment by o'reilly.

>> laurie dhue. >> laurie dhue reportedly receiving more than a million dollars and juliet huddy paid 1.6 million. >> welcome back to the bottom half of the hour. gretchen carlson first exposing fox news' alleged culture of harassment last summer. >> it's time for us to to come out of the shadows and let our otherwises be heard. >> reporter: suing fox news chairman and chief executive roger ailes claiming her contract wasn't renewed after she rebuffed his advances. though he denied the allegations ailes resigned just weeks later, fox settling for $20 million. the scrutiny leading to an ongoing federal criminal investigation into whether the network used corporate funds to pay off ailes' accusers. at the time, o'reilly defended his friend and boss. >> in this country every famous, powerful or wealthy person is a target. >> reporter: now in a statement posted to his website, o'reilly saying that he too is a target.

writing, i'm vulnerable to lawsuits from individuals who want me to pay them to avoid negative publicity. in my more than 20 years at knox news channel no one has ever filed a complaint about me with the human resources department. even on the anonymous hot line. i have put to rest any controversies to spare my children. now, o'reilly and fox are both also now involved in a legal battle with former fox news host andrea tantaros accusing o'reilly of sexual harassment and in addition to the settlements one other woman, wendy walsh is said to speak out about her experience later today. >> all right, mara. joining us is dan abrams and lisa bloom, the attorney for wendy walsh, a former "o'reilly factor" guest saying that he failed to follow through on his offer to secure a position after she turned down his advances and according to the report, fox is saying that walsh was removed because of bad ratings. what does she say happen? >> well, that's ridiculous.

she was only a guest on a segment with other guests with mr. o'reilly with topic chosen by their producers. you mean to tell me that the few seconds that she was on, the ratings went down. everybody turned off their tvs? she's been on hundreds of cable news shows since. everybody asks her back. she's fabulous on tv but this is typical fox news behavior. going after anyone who dares to speak out about sexual harassment even wendy walsh who has not asked for a dime, who is not suing but simply speaking out about her story. >> fox says she never told anyone at the company about what happened. why didn't she? >> because she was scared. because she didn't want to be in the middle of the financial -- the difficult situation that she's in now with everybody attacking her online. but she was contacted by a reporter now four years later and decided to tell the truth and asked me if i would stand by her if she did. i said that i would and now she's telling her story. >> yeah, lisa, as you mentioned she's not filing a lawsuit. not asking for money so what is

today about? >> well, we are going to ask for an independent investigation of this toxic culture of sexual harassment at fox news. it is not simply the cost of doing business to pay millions of dollars year after year and to allow predators to stay in place at any corporation in america. you know, the problem is not just sexual harassment, it's that so many of these women have been driven out of their jobs, their careers in television over when they dare to speak out. every woman in america has the right to a workplace free of sexual harassment and to be protected from retaliation. it is not normal what is going on at fox news and it is also not legal. >> lisa, we should mention that fox said this, 21st century fox takes these matters seriously and have looked into these matters and discussed them with mr. o'reilly. while he denies the meters of these claims he resolved those he regarded his personal responsibility and he is fully

committed to supporting our efforts to improve the spriern for all employees at fox. he says he's vulnerable to people looking for upon and settling is not an admission of guilt, correct. >> both those things are true of the settling is not an admission of gill and high-profile people are bigger targets. with that said, you have to look at the number of allegations here. there are a lot of other very high-profile people who have not had this sort of number and that's the real danger for fox here. is that more people are going to come forward now. i think that's also what makes someone like wendy walsh so dangerous to fox and o'reilly she's not suing. she's not asking for money and so as a result the usual response which is, ah, just trying to get a payout, et cetera, doesn't apply. i think it's really important to distinguish between the cases that o'reilly is settling himself and the cases that fox is settling and the reason that's so important is because bill o'reilly can say on cases that the corporate entity is paying out, look, i wouldn't

have paid that out. i didn't do anything wrong. they made a decision, that's not my problem. when he is paying it out himself, that's a much tougher argument, in particular when you're talking about $9 million in one case according to "the new york times"? and we do have limited time here but o'reilly admitted to wrongdoing. would an average company let that many complaints against one person of the same nature pile up and let that person still go unpunished. >> no such thing as an average company. the bottom line is you look at a company will look at everything from the seriousness of the allegations to what is the corporate culture at the place. meaning how do they define themselves? under roger ailes sexual harassment allegations were not taken as seriously as they should have been, no question and fox would say we're now taking them more seriously. we shall see but we'll also see what happens in terms of moving forward as i said before. >> dan, lisa bloom, thank you, both and, michael, we'll turn it over to you. coming up on our big board

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everyone remembers the viral videos of that falling over. also the mcdonald's step-it device that was given out in happy meals that too was recalled. some big ones involved. >> but were there any good news that came out of this report. >> the best news that came out of this report, a group that has been recalled very frequently previously cribs were not recalled last year. so even though we've seen major raws involving cribs in the past, five of them in 2007, 21 in 2010, 0 cribs were recalled last year. that's good news. for parents wondering what can we do, how can we help protect our kids go to saferproducts.gov. that's where you can report any issues involving your products. >> great advice. thanks, rebecca. next up we have an explosive new lawsuit from johnny depp's amber heard countersuing him alleging he went behind her back and secretly filmed explicit nude scenes using her body

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gellar live in times square. and she's here to say -- >> good morning, america. >> great enthusiasm from the crowd right here. nice bright greeting from sarah michelle gellar. >> very nice. so great to have everyone here on this monday. we're just hours away from the end of march madness. kind of okay that all of our bracks are pretty much busted at this but there is a 12-year-olds girl who has a lot to celebrate. she got the final four right. >> perfect. [ cheers and applause ] and she's actually -- we're going to talk to her. she's going to tell us how we did it because we all need some tips. >> uniform color is not a good predictor? darn it. also coming up what is the happiest age? what would -- well, save it. we'll guess. everybody has been talking about

it. what is the happiest ages of our lives? turns out i bet you won't get at least one of them. we'll tell you all about that coming up. >> at least two. first the headlines from amy. the big story the extreme weather slamming the south. overnight a flooding emergency in parts of mississippi. up to 8 inches of rain falling in just a few hours and at least three deaths now blamed on those storms including a mother and a daughter who were killed when a tornado hit their mobile home in louisiana. abc's gio benitez is there with all the latest. good morning, gio. >> reporter: good morning to you. an ef-1 tornado touched down rit here with winds up to 110 miles per hour and moved across a mile of land and just take a look at what it did to this mobile home right here. a mother and child were in here. a 38-year-old mother, her 3-year-old daughter were up side and both of them were killed. you can still see some of her toys right here this, is a tricycle right here. the issue that we've seen with this storm and other parts of the south, the flooding. that's what we're looking at,

the flooding. some people had to get out of their hopes through water rescues. they had no other choice and now this storm is going to move off to the east. so, alabama, georgia, florida, all in the danger zone right now. amy. >> all right, gio, thank you. rescuers right now are desperately digging through debris in southwestern colombia where at least 254 people have died following saturday's mudslide. hundreds are believed to be missing with mud and rocks burying neighborhoods. thousands of volunteers are now joining police and military personnel racing to find any survivors. the mudslide followed a period of intense rain and more is expected in that area. some officials are blaming deforestation for making it vulnerable to landslides. new evidence of the expanding role president trump's son-in-law has in the white house. jared kushner is visiting iraq with the chairman of the joint chiefs to see the situation on the ground and support iraq's government. meanwhile, president trump has a message for china just days before he meets with the chinese

president. he says if china doesn't take a tougher stand against north korea, the u.s. will act alone. they're voting today on neal gorsuch. three senate democrats are now planing to support him but republicans need to get five more. if they don't get the votes needed this he could change senate rules to allow confirmation with a simple majority. lawyers in the bill cosby trial are heading to court. his lawyers want to stop prosecutors from bringing up cosby's experience with quaaludes. he's acknowledged giving them to women in the 1970s but his lawyers say that is irrelevant because they were banned 20 years before he met the accuser. finally, ah, what a costly error for a pro golfer and she only got caught because of a sharp eyed tv viewer. lexi thompson was in the lead until a viewer noticed she moved her ball an inch too far and

e-mailed a fan website. they penalized her four strokes and went on to lose. thompson says the ball placement was not intentional. tiger woods tweeted his support for her saying viewers at home should not be officials wearing stripes. what do you guys think? you guys are golfer. >> tiger is right. >> i agree. it's enough trouble golfing with your friends and they're accusing you of cheating. >> the day after? >> i know. >> was it a day? ooh. >> it was inadvertent and had to go into a playoff and lost the playoffs. >> i attempted yesterday. you should have seen me. look over there. >> they call that a hand wedge when you throw it. >> hand wedge. >> i nailed it. all right, "pop news" time? >> yes. >> good morning, everybody. [ cheers and applause ] good morning. good morning. good morning to you. time for "pop news" now and supermodel tyra banks is taking on ageism in the fashion world. announcing this weekend that after 23 seasons she's removing the age limit from contestants

on the upcoming cycle of "america's next top mod." take a look. >> i stood for diverse beauty and erasing cookie cutters when it comes to what is deemed beautiful. >> all right. i love it. great job, tyra. used to be you had to be 27 or younger to be on the show. no more. banks said the only requirement that she's adamant about keep something that contestants must be able to smize which means smile with your eyes. >> it's getting very easy. we're all in for this next season. more of us should be think ago long those lines. never too old. >> and smising. >> you are smising at me. >> hey, george, look, i'm smising at you. >> you can tell. >> george is slightly concerned. also in "pop news" this morning, a new study out of london. we alluded to it in the hello, out of the london school of

economics and political sciences declared they know the happiest ands in our lifetimes. any guesses. >> 55. >> 12. >> 55? >> that's one of them. there's two. >> i said 12. >> what would you say, george? >> early 20s. >> well, you are correct. 23 is one of them. joy also peaks again at 69 and here's the logic behind that i know, i was so happy to read that. people embark on their adult lives at 23, they believe starting their careers as an adult, new freedoms and then again by 69 researchers say that many of us have settled into a new groove. they have those blissful post work years to look forward to. a new adventure with the advantage of wisdom and a life well lived on your side. [ applause ] >> i guess mid-50s because i had always heard once you raise your children and they've gone off in the world you can feel proud of it and then kind of relax, you know, then you -- >> my kids are still at home. >> most people go on -- my kids

come back home after i've sent them off. a good age, 60. >> the reason the large gap if you're wondering, 23 to 69. lay lot of years in between, those are the big one, that's buying a house, raising a family. >> when you said 23 the crowd went ah like our lives were over. they're not over. we got time, people. >> yep. >> you find different kinds of happiness. >> along the way. along the way. it's a journey, george. and then finally, everybody, look who is jumping in the ring. oh, my, new england patriots tight end the gronk. he may have had to sit out on the sicareer's super bowl due to injury but certainly didn't keep him out of the action at wrestlemania this weekend. out of control, gronk was in the front row watching his pal moyo compete in the andre the giant memorial battle when he took it upon himself. you know that stance. to help his pal, look at him.

i'm sure this was not at all planned out. >> just like the video sped up. that's how quickly -- >> post-nfl career. >> it may come sooner. >> he did eventually let his pal get back to work and he went on to win the battle over jinder mahal. so the gronk might have been helpful there. i'm sure none of that was planned. it was very spontaneous. >> i've done that before. yeah, i've done that. yeah, i did the wrestlemania. >> control room, can we get that video? >> can you find that video? >> it really was an amazing experience. the fans are incredible and i took my sons with me and you get -- you get call up in it so i can see that wasn't planned out obviously. >> did you take your shirt off like gronk. >> no, i didn't do that. i kept mine on. >> he did for "magic mike." >> don't do that. >> i'll save you, michael. >> that's a great "pop news," george. get us out of here. new tell all that reveals

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revelations. a new book making headlines on prince charles -- new ref layings about his marriage to princess diana and what he was like behind closed doors as a husband and a father. jesse palmer has details. >> prince charles and never before shared stories and what really went on in one of the most high-profile marriages of the 20th century. this morning, a bombshell new book making headlines. the tell avenue all that reveals

details about the future king that have been kept very private. >> this book really explores the fact that they were deeply unhappy or at least, you know, diana was from literally day one of their marriage. >> reporter: a glimpse into charles and diana's marriage. from the very beginning. charles reportedly unsure about whether he wanted to propose to the 19-year-old diana. his father prince philip urging his son to make up his mind. in a letter to the then 32-year-old charles. >> prince philip wanted to be fair to diana because he didn't want her reputation as a sort of young 19-year-old, you know in british society ruined and he spelled this out to charles in a letter saying, look, the time has come. you need to either marry her or cut her loose. >> reporter: the book revealing the ill-fated marriage almost never happened. with prince charles experiencing cold feet just before their 1981 wedding. >> going into something like i think he felt that was it for life and as he wasn't sure if the relationship, i think he

felt trapped. >> reporter: but as their marriage progressed despite constant fights with diana, charles was by all accounts a loving and devoted father behind closed doors, much different from the sometimes removed and stern public image he projects. >> he was a very hands-on father, very early on and would always get back from royal engagements as much as he could to give william and harry baths and put them to bed. >> reporter: through it all one constant camilla his now wife. >> the key thing with this book, it just heightens the fact that for charles there was never anybody else. there was never anyone else who was going to fit all his needs. it was always camilla before she got married, before he got married and throughout. >> reporter: the biography is out tomorrow. for now charles and his beloved wife camilla are touring italy an torp the man who will be king will meet with the pope. >> all right, jesse, thank you. big ref layings in that book. all right, coming up some revelations about the flu. you thought it was over. flu season, we're in for

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afternoon thunderstorm. today, . doesn't mean you're in the sho people still getting sick and our chief health and medical editor dr. richard besser is here. dr. besser, welcome to the table. >> thank [ applause ] so, it is april. >> yef year we hear about the flu but is the flu still a big threat. >> yeah, i mean the good news nationwide the total numbers are going down. but there are areas of the country that are seeing a lot of flu activity. take a look at this map. soheast seeing lots of flu, minnesota, oklahoma, you know, so if you're in those areas, flu is sdc says it's still not too late to get and i the flu. could i getagain? >> unfortunately, you could. >> what? >> yeah, you could get in

could get maybe not along comes april and you could genfenza b. if you get it the recommendations, stay home. wash your hands, try not spread it and hopefully in a a new study shows how important it is to get your kids biggest study looking at flu they're very rare. they found 358 children who died from the flu in a four-year period. when they looked a lot hasn't been vaccinated. if they were it was 65% effective in preventing death from the flu. make sure your kids get vaccinated especially if they have asthma. >> you've been giving us a lot of medical advice and today is sad to report this is your last day at abc. >> it is. >> but the thing is you have

helped so many and we know you're not done heading. what is your next step. >> you know, first it's been an incredible experience being here for eight years. eight years. whoo! [ cheers and applause ] my first segment eight years ago was flu. i came here because i was running the cdc during swine flu and having a conversation with all of america about health has been incredible and now i'm taking what i've learned here. i'm joining the robert wood johnson foundation in princeton, new jersey, the nation's largest philanthropy focus on health and what i want to do is help america have a conversation around health and see, make sure we're spending our resources to improve health and well being in market. the goal is everyone in america should have an opportunity to be healthy regardless of income, regardless of where you live, what you look like. everyone should have a chance to be healthy and that's what i'm going to be working on. [ applause ] >> we owe you a real debt because for so many years you

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>> good morning, everyone, 8:27, monday, april 3. i'm matt o'donnell. we have rain coming in later, right now, dry roads, let's go over to karen rogers. >> reporter: dry, but slow, wait until tonight and tomorrow.

this is the blue route, northbound traffic 28 minute slow go from i-95 to the schuylkill expressway on the blue route heading northbound. on the pennsylvania turnpike we have an accident creating problems westbound. look at the speeds on the turnpike. 19 miles per hour crawling along the turnpike with the accident past willow grove. watch for crews on the scene. slow speeds elsewhere on the big picture. i-95 ten, 15 miles per hour, southbound near girard. schuylkill expressway westbound about five miles per hour near the boulevard. here's the westbound traffic near there. you see how heavy the schuylkill expressway is here, as well. the left lane is blocked the on-ramp to university they are doing tree trimming creating problems. >> it is that time of the year. david murphy is outside with the forecast. >> reporter: we have sun and clouds, 47 degrees in philadelphia. this afternoon we'll get a high of 66. at the same time clouds will tend to increase as we go through the day. later this evening, there are

showers overnight and steady rain especially up by trenton there's a flood watch overnight tonight into tomorrow. tomorrow, rain at times and another round of heavier cells along with a strong thunderstorm or two in the afternoon, again that's tuesday. 72 is tuesday's high, beautiful day wednesday, thursday, we'll want to keep our eyes on that one, there's another chance of strong storms there. >> a man who found a message in the bottle connects with a philadelphia man who tossed it into the ocean. there's an "action news" connection. the story is at 6abc.com.

good morning, welcome back to "gma" here in times square. i'm back here down at the news desk because we have breaking news. some serious news out of russia. an explosion in the st. petersburg metro killed at least ten people. that's what we know right now.e from that explosion in

st. petersburg, russia, today. as i said at least ten people are dead. i want to go to alex marquardt. he is in london with the latest. good morning. >> good morning. that's right. at least ten dead from the state news agency tass happening in central st. petersburg and there's news of a second techn institute and grim pictures of addition to those killed, many have been wounded. st. petersburg is russia's second city. the hometown of russian president vladimir putin who we know is in the citys been no cl responsibility. assumption will fall on islamic extremists from the caucasus and they've gone to fight and russia is fighting on the side of the assad regime but for now no sense yet of who or what may be responsible for this. >> right. we know president putin has been

briefed and that he was in the city but, of course, he is -- he was not affected by this in any way. >> reporter: yes, there's no indication right now he was affected in any way or that he was a target. this is peers to have been carried out at these two main stations but he was not involved. >> alex marquardt, thanks very much. an explosion and at least ten dead. we'll stay on top of it all morning long but upstairs to michael. we'll switch gears and we'll say we're glad you could join us. we have a great audience up here this morning. waking us on spring break. i love it when the kids are here for springd, really, you made us wake up early on spring march madness. the tonight. no one picked this match-up in

did. she's one out of of 18 million who correctly predicted theour and she -- the kicker, sasha is only 12 years old and her seventh grade math teacher is joining us with her. denzelle lawson and sasha, good morning to both of you. >> good morning. >> sasha, you filled out this bracket in class. it's the first time you have ever done it. do it. you picked the final four, not only the final two. are you surprised. >> yes, i'm very surprised for it to be my first bracket. >> mr. lawson, you're sasha's seventh grade math teacher. what were you hoping the kids were going to learn by filling out all these brack. >> whey wanted to do is just get the kids engaged in colleges. just get them exposed to different colleges and just get their mind off of the testing because this is testing season right now. i just wanted to do something fun for the kids. [ applause ]

>> i want to ask you this, how did you pick the final four? how did you decide what teams you were putting in your bracket? >> well, i looked at how they were ranked in their conferences and then i just saw how many they won and lost and determined from there who i thought would make it to the final four. >> you did research. and it actually worked. a lot of really brilliant minds who know sports -- >> imagine that, you actually look at the records of the team and rankings, genius. >> no, but it's not easy to do. >> it's not easy to do and my bracket was busted after the first weekend so i'm not very good at it but i have a question, sasha, who are you rooting for tonight? >> n.c.! >> unbelievable. i want to ask mr. lawson, obviously we know sasha is a great student averaging an "a" in your honors math class. when you saw her picks how

impressed were you? >> i was wowed. i was shocked and wowed by the south carolina because sheic picked south carolina over duke so that's when it really turned. i said, man, she has a special bracket here. >> i tell you what, thank you both for joining us. sasha, you should be happy. you look so happy. look at that smile. so beautiful. >> i'm very happy. >> good luck on your pick tonight. denzelle, thanks for joining us and have i agreat day. hopefully there's class for you today, sash that. >> bye, guys. >> see you all. thank you. and, you know, that was special. that really was special. we have someone else very special coming to our table. you know her from "grey's anatomy" and "private practice" now starring in a new netflix series, "13 reasons why." please welcome kate walsh. [ cheers and applause ] >> hi. hi. >> how are you? you.

>> good to see you, as well. hi, hi, how are you? hi, handsome. how are you? >> good. >> good. [ applause ] welcome. >> thank you. hi. >> you are one busy person. >> i'm very busy right now. >> you are starring -- >> i have to leave -- no. >> right now. but, you know, off broadway play. your threat application show just premiered. >> yes. >> of course, we know your other day job. >> yeah. >> but you just posted something on instagram and you were like relaxing and chilling. what do you like to do when you're not working? >> is that -- oh -- that's probably -- >> your favorite pastime. >> oh, gosh, that is me and the cat. yeah, that's what i enjoy doing on my day off is laying around. i only get one day off a week so when you're doing a show here so -- >> you got so much different stuff going on and starring in this play, "if i forget."

i understand that is pretty wild. it takes place in your father's house but the home rotates. >> it does. derek mcclain designed the set and did amazing and does the oscars sos dough rotate. when we got in the theater it was interesting to get used to spinning. it's slow. it's not like it's going really fast. but still it's a little disorienting and sometimes when the upper level, there's like a little drop-off. you get a little vertigo. yeah, because there's no -- it's like they cut the house open and you can see the family is a diorama. it's cool but it did take every night one of us is a little like what if we just went over. >> has anybody fallen? >> no. no. drop something. can we just knock my head. >> got the play going on and "13 reasons why" which is big on the netflix series coming out now. it's gotten rave reviews by the way. we've got a clip. take a look. >> let's do it. >> we do not have a problem with bullying. >> then why did that girl do it? >> that girl's name is hannah.

>> mrs. baker, it's so good to see you. we didn't know you'd be joining us. >> well, i'm still a member of the school community, right? and if you want to know why, i suggest you ask your own children. >> wow! yr character's daughter's death. it propels the show forward. >> yeah. >> vwers a reason why it's must see. >> to the only is it bingeable like all netflix show, it just is. it's intrinhically bingeable and a mystery, it's a love story, it follows a girl who dies by suicide, my daughter. i play the mom and brian d'arcy james is amazing as my husband and we -- it's incredibly well written. brian yorkie wrote it and so it's an incredible cast but also

issues that are amazing for for. it is a holistic piece and why we all got involved with it and deals with bullying and lgbtq issues and race, gender but hugely like bullying, sllex then the zeitgeist that are happening and really helps i think informs parents on how to deal with it at a time and teenagers' lives when they're supposed to be rebelling and being secretive but how to have conversations around these difficult issues and also it happens tote myster bingeable so ding dong, if that doesn't make you want to tune in. shame on you. >> i love that term bingeable. >> speaking of bingeable, yes. >> you were one of the original. [ cheers and applause ] plot twists. addison was such a great character. >> thank you. >> did you ever worry way back when about being sort of cast as the villain on that show, on that beloved show. >> no, i loved it. i loved -- i mean i got to come

in literally all in black, like a lot of awesome designers and stiletto heels and be the wicked witch from the east. it was awesome. yeah, yeah, i loved it. >> would you ever go back. >> oh, of course, i always -- anything for shonda. >> you heard it here first. >> you got to find time, though >> so busy of the we can't wait to see in "13 reasons why." it's on netflix and in her play now. make sure you go see kate walsh, everybody. coming up, george's one-on-one with alec baldwin. batter's up. celebrate the start of baseball season with sunny anderson.

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george, back inside to you. thank you. bawl baldwin wrote a called "nevertheless" and opens up about donald trump, his struggles with drug and alcohol and anger and also says he's now the happiest he's ever been and sat down with this exclusive interview. >> in his brand-new book alec baldwin digs deep. you go back to your childhood. >> yeah. >> some vivid memories but also the pain you saw in your father's life. >> i just was obsessed with work and making money because of my dad. they wanted to be happy. and they were just crushed by debt and money. i remember like i would go my whole life, i got to make money. i got to make money. i don't want to be like my dad. >> any money choices you regret? >> oh, sure. >> you think i need help, do you? >> reporter: one of his first big roles in "knots landing" when he abused drugs and alcohol and writes about hitting bottom and overdosed on location. baldwin writes i have no idea

what's happening. there's a pop inside my chest. then i black out. what if you hadn't stopped drinking on february 23rd, 1985. >> that's a good question. i think that i was one of the people who was lucky that it stuck and therefore if i didn't get it then i would have gotten eventually but i know that at that time when i describe overdosing on drugs which i've kept private for years and years i think i would have gotten it eventually but i'm glad i got it when i did because not many get sober when they are young, i got sober when i turned 27 and those two years that i lived in that white house period as a daily drug abuser, as a daily drinker to my misery, boy, that was a tough time. there was really, really at lot of pain in there. >> reporter: baldwin got sober and just a few years later his biggest movie yet. anybody who is self-aware had success in life knows that luck has a lot to do with it. what was your break? >> when i did "hunt for red

october" that changed everything for me. >> ramius intends to defect. >> when you didn't get the sequel -- >> i had been kind of dogged by people to explain what happened, why it looks like i jumped off a cliff. >> here comes harrison ford. >> that was it my own doing which i wanted to explain it was nothing, it was my own doing. they engineered something. >> reporter: baldwin writes the producers have been negotiating with harrison ford behind his back. and his words betray a bit of a grudge. ford is one of the most successful stars in movie history. one thing he does not have is an oscar which must frustrate if not burden him after his long career and, ford in person is a little man, short, scrawny and wiry. hard to be friends with harrison ford after that, huh. >> yeah, i mean in terms of i explain very vividly in the book how he's someone who was a completely different kind of career than i do. a megamovie star career.

i'm not diminishing that but i think he makes his choices based on an entirely different set of values than me. >> reporter: he confronts his bouts of anger, run-ins paparazzi and infamous voice mail for daughter ireland in 2007. you've written about it before and said it caused a permanent break in that relationship. >> permanent because it's thrown in your face every day. i mean as i mentioned in the book there are people who admonish me or attack me and use that as a constant spearhead to do that. it's a scab that never heals because it's being picked at all the time by other people and my daughter, that's hurt her in a permanent way. >> that relationship is mending. and baldwin is happy at home and at work. even though he doesn't always love playing donald trump. >> you say it's stressful to play him. >> it's stressful to play him because it's not somebody i'm in love with. one time i was with "snl" people and we watched tv. they're sitting around and tony bennett is on. he comes on and he says, this is just a great, great, great song

i'm going to sing for you all. a christmas song everybody is going to love and whatever his thing what and you see him and it's -- there's a positive, a joy, a wide stripe of admiration in that which does not exist for trump. >> final question, it seems as you watch up the book and talk about hi lair rio lahria, you t how happy you are. >> i've been lucky to some degree but i'm luckier in my personal life and i'm glad that i'm luckier in my personal life and if i had to choose i'd pick that. >> 59 years old, three kids. i think they're all under 6. keeping him busy. very open there. >> yeah. >> about his relationships, yeah. >> he doesn't hold back at all. >> he does not hole back. we'll hear from harrison ford later, i think. you can see the rest of my interview tonight on "nightline" at 12:35 eastern and coming up, sarah michelle gellar is here

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so happy to be here with one of our vampire slaying actresses sarah michelle gellar sharing her favorite dishes from "stirring up fun with food" and we have some little helpers here. thank you, guys, for being with us. [ applause ] >> to help with these great recipes. welcome, by the way. >> thank you. >> now 20 years since buffy? here to make everyone feel old. >> 20 years. >> i know, right. >> i can't get over that. >> i was 4 when it started so you can all do the math. >> yes. >> and so let's just ask the question. reboot ever? >> oh, gosh. [ applause ] >> right? >> i don't know. you know, i always say this. i don't want to "godfather3." like we left it in a good place and the expectations are really high and it would worry me we

would ultimately let people down so i don't know. >> okay. i think that's a pretty clear answer. without answering, perfect. and we do love buffy and love your cooking. i didn't realize you are really into it. >> and it's new for me so my husband went to culinary school and like this great chef so i'm from new york and made -- ? wait. your husband -- >> our freddie. >> your freddie. >> freddie prinze. >> i didn't realize he's a chef too. >> he went to culinary school and i made reservations and i'm also an expert eater but i realize as i had my kids and getting in the kitchen i was missing out on amazing opportunities, fine gross motor sca sca skills and making those moments that are memories they remember forever. [ applause ] and also -- >> you started out with your first book foodstirs. >> that's our company, all organic, most premium baking line on the market you can get and it really helped my kids understand what goes into the food and i think a lot of times

with kids they think it comes out of a machine or it comes out of that refrigerator and doesn't think about where it grows so getting them involved is a great way to do it. >> we want to make s'mores. you can eat the s'mores while we make them. this does require a blowtorch. so you don't hold this -- talk to us about how you do it. >> the idea, soap of what we look at is how we look at it and affects how we taste it. these are in a jar. great way to serve it. >> look how gorgeous. >> we'll quickly -- for me. now i'm like a newscaster 30 se. >> we'll make it fast. put the mousse in. okay. then we'll crump -- want to help me. crumble some graham crackers. right? want to help me? i'm making a mess. the best part is the mess, right? >> 15 seconds? i'm doing it. >> it's like -- >> layer it in aiyar. it's drishs and then you get to use a blowtorch, moms.

on top. >> dads too. >> mom, dad, no kids. >> i swear to god i know how to use these. >> so many fun recipes. you'll spend the rest of the morning eating them. we'll tell you about the book. fun with food. it's out tomorrow. we'll keep cooking. z1we5z zi0z

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>> a big thank you to sarah michelle gellar, these are good. >> so good.ng . thank you, sarah. have a great day. >> good morni, april 3. karen rogers is here to tell us about i-95 and what's going on there. >> reporter: it's a dry commute right now, lots of traffic out here nonetheless, even though there's no accident on i-95. it's heavy from bridge to girard, 33 minute ride from woodhaven to the vine. the big accident that's causing problems is the one on the pennsylvania turnpike. the speeds are 10 miles per hour bensalem to willow grove. slow go westbound with the center lane blocked. that's pretty tough.

the schuylkill expressway montgomery drive, westbound traffic heading toward conshohocken. a 29 minute ride between the vine and the blue route. hunting valley an accident blocking the road at welsh road and station road. not too many problems this morning, matt. >> reporter: we're off to a bright start, matt, i may not need a jacket for that much longer. 51 degrees in philadelphia. same story the exclusive accuweather seven-day forecast, shows a high of 66. clouds will build in a bit. in the evening, showers possible and in the overnight hours, steadier rain and thunderstorms. the heaviest by trenton where there's a flood watch tomorrow evening. tomorrow, rain at times, a thunderstorm possible in the afternoon, 72. matt, watch out for thursday, strong gusty thunderstorms are possible, there, as well. >> we'll have more on a breaking news story overseas, two deadly explosion rock a

subway in st. petersburg russia. the search is on for 3 boys who grabbed a 13-year-old girl and pulled her into an abandoned building and sexually assaulting her. kate walsh is on "live with kelly" on 6abc. i'm matt o'donnell. have a great monday and great week.

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michelle gellar. plus scott wolf is at the cohost desk. all next on "live!" ♪ [cheering and applauding] and now, here are kelly ripa and scott wolf! [cheering and applauding] ♪ >> kelly: hi! hi!